Star & Shield Magazine

September 2018

I have spoken to many retirees who tell me that I will know when it is time to retire. I will feel it in my gut, they say. Well, I thought I felt it in my gut a few weeks ago, but it turned out it was just the 30 pounds of excess weight I was carrying. Funny, I also seem to feel it in my back, knees, shoulders and feet as well! What I am actually feeling is the aches and pains of getting older. I am not yet retired, but I am definitely feeling my health is not where it should be. Read More

Deputy Didier “Dee” Hurdle was shot and killed on November 25, 1977, in the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles when he and a cadet trainee stopped a car containing suspected gang members. As one of the suspects exited the vehicle, he opened fire, wounding the cadet in the leg and shoulder. Read More